"Entertaining such an Application under Section 156(3) of the Cr.PC directly by the Magistrate would be a mere procedural irregularity and may not be illegal or
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"What emerges from the above clear expositions is that the admission qua making of Will is distinct from the admission with regard to the genuineness
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"No action may be taken to demolish his house for a period of two years from the date of registration of the FIR and during
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"Statute does not provide any discretion to the courts to award any punishment below imprisonment for life. Thus, life imprisonment is, by implication, the minimum punishment
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"Board cannot abdicate its responsibilities by mechanically adopting the conclusions of the expert without examining whether the conclusions reached are supported by the totality of the
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"Protection under Section 50 is confined to cases where the recovery is sought to be effected through the personal search of the accused. It has
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"When no limitation stands prescribed it would be inappropriate for a Court to supplant the legislature’s wisdom by its own and provide a limitation, more
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"‘Corpus delicti’ means that the offence has been committed and not that the dead body of the murdered person has been recovered. A person
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"Simply because another view of the evidence may be taken, is no ground by the High Court to interfere in its revisional jurisdiction." Supreme Court
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"Once the court is satisfied of the bona fides of the need of the landlord for the premises... his subjective choice shall be respected by
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"A promising career in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)... was sacrificed by the Departmental Authorities at the altar of callous indifference to the directions
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"The High Court has, thus, proceeded to improve the impugned order in an appeal preferred by the appellants, who were in fact aggrieved by the
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"A ‘wrong statement’ of fact may not always have the character of a ‘false statement’. While making of a ‘wrong statement’ may not fall within
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"The prolonged silence of the victim, the emergence of the accusation only after detection of pregnancy and the absence of any contemporaneous disclosure create circumstances
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"Section 6 of PIT NDPS Act shows that where a person has been detained in pursuance of an order... made on two or more grounds, such order
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"When Hindu male dies intestate, the children of the deceased employee born out of the second wedlock would be entitled to share in the family pension
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"The admission made in the written statement by the original defendant cannot be withdrawn by legal representatives by filing their own written statement. As such they
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"As the learned Magistrate had the power to issue such warrant and the articles having been seized on the basis of such search warrants, being suspected to
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"That a Government servant is liable to be transferred to a similar post in the same cadre is a normal feature and incident of Government
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"...the petitioner have suppressed the fact of issuance of NBWs against them and approached this Court with unclean hands, and the petitioners are not entitled
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"Statute does not provide any discretion to the courts to award any punishment below imprisonment for life. Thus, life imprisonment is, by implication, the minimum punishment
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"Board cannot abdicate its responsibilities by mechanically adopting the conclusions of the expert without examining whether the conclusions reached are supported by the totality of the
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"Protection under Section 50 is confined to cases where the recovery is sought to be effected through the personal search of the accused. It has
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"‘Corpus delicti’ means that the offence has been committed and not that the dead body of the murdered person has been recovered. A person
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"Simply because another view of the evidence may be taken, is no ground by the High Court to interfere in its revisional jurisdiction." Supreme Court
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"Once the court is satisfied of the bona fides of the need of the landlord for the premises... his subjective choice shall be respected by
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"A promising career in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)... was sacrificed by the Departmental Authorities at the altar of callous indifference to the directions
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"The High Court has, thus, proceeded to improve the impugned order in an appeal preferred by the appellants, who were in fact aggrieved by the
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"A ‘wrong statement’ of fact may not always have the character of a ‘false statement’. While making of a ‘wrong statement’ may not fall within
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"The general principle, whatever be its content, cannot be made a vehicle for rewriting the terms of a settlement which the parties themselves arrived at
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"A combined reading of Clauses 8, 9 and 10 discloses a single interlocking arrangement and not three independent obligations." Supreme Court, in a significant ruling
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"To permit the respondent-complainant to continue in such circumstances would be to allow the appellants to remain in a state of suspended animation indefinitely." Supreme Court
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"This opportunity must be meaningful and adequate, and not a mere technical or notional compliance, given the drastic penal consequences that follow from proceedings under FERA."
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"The constitutional guarantee of a fair trial is absolutely non-negotiable and cannot be sacrificed at the altar of practical convenience." Supreme Court of India, in
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"A retracted confession, particularly one whose voluntariness is seriously questioned and whose authenticity is rendered doubtful by repeated recording and subsequent repudiation, cannot constitute the
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"As a means to check evasion, a measure has been prescribed under which ad valorem will be arrived at to check manipulation and to strike at evasion,
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"It would be contrary to the basic notions of fairness to impose penalty on a dealer who did not collect tax because the statute, the
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"When the party with all the drafting power writes an ambiguous policy, it is the ordinary policyholder who suffers. Insurers have, in many cases, exploited this ambiguity."
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"The mere fact that both sides carried weapons in the charged atmosphere of a contested village election does not convert a sudden mutual fight into
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"The judicial discretion in reducing the same by recording ‘adequate and special reasons’ which was given in proviso to the unamended Section 376 has been taken away."
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"Entertaining such an Application under Section 156(3) of the Cr.PC directly by the Magistrate would be a mere procedural irregularity and may not be illegal or
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"What emerges from the above clear expositions is that the admission qua making of Will is distinct from the admission with regard to the genuineness
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"No action may be taken to demolish his house for a period of two years from the date of registration of the FIR and during
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"When no limitation stands prescribed it would be inappropriate for a Court to supplant the legislature’s wisdom by its own and provide a limitation, more
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"The prolonged silence of the victim, the emergence of the accusation only after detection of pregnancy and the absence of any contemporaneous disclosure create circumstances
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"Section 6 of PIT NDPS Act shows that where a person has been detained in pursuance of an order... made on two or more grounds, such order
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"When Hindu male dies intestate, the children of the deceased employee born out of the second wedlock would be entitled to share in the family pension
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"The admission made in the written statement by the original defendant cannot be withdrawn by legal representatives by filing their own written statement. As such they
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"As the learned Magistrate had the power to issue such warrant and the articles having been seized on the basis of such search warrants, being suspected to
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"That a Government servant is liable to be transferred to a similar post in the same cadre is a normal feature and incident of Government
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"...the petitioner have suppressed the fact of issuance of NBWs against them and approached this Court with unclean hands, and the petitioners are not entitled
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"The revisionist no. 1, having asserted her financial capacity and obtained custody of the child on that basis, cannot seek to fasten the entire financial
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"Just because in some photographs the appellant was found together with Sunny and Umang, it cannot be held that the appellant had the intent of
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"The concurrent findings recorded by the both the trial Court and appellate Court are based on a proper appreciation of the material available on record
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"Decree validly passed by the Court of first instance is not ordinarily defeated by subsequent events unless the subsequent legislation expressly or by necessary implication
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"If a sale deed in respect of an immovable property is executed without payment of price and if it does not provide for the payment
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"Material allegedly showing drug use, procurement of narcotic substances, or association with persons involved in such activity may bear directly on parental fitness and the
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"It is always better to call for an expert's opinion rather than the court by itself comparing signatures with the naked eye." Kerala High Court,
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"In the absence of any evidence connecting the present respondents with the preparation or production of the said C-Form... the respondents cannot be held liable for
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"The inability of person claiming maintenance to maintain himself/herself become to an end after order of Court to pay maintenance... the person in whose favour the maintenance
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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